The Bastion & Thieves Pot
The Bastion & Thieves Pot is a history museum. It is within Stirling’s locality. Look also at Stirling Castle, 1.1 km away, first of 32 more within 15 km.
Museum in Stirling
Inside Stirling
The Bastion & Thieves Pot is inside Stirling’s locality, with 13 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NRS’s localities and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Which month to go
Highs of 17–20°C mark June to September in Stirling.
The Bastion & Thieves Pot
Museum: history.
In Stirling, inside the town’s locality.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Stirling
The practical side
Where to find The Bastion & Thieves Pot
The numbers show what else is near The Bastion & Thieves Pot, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Stirling’s locality. · NRS locality 2022
The towns around The Bastion & Thieves Pot
By population, Stirling leads the 4 with 38,590. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.
Stirling
Bannockburn
Bridge of Allan
Fallin
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where The Bastion & Thieves Pot is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | It’s in town | 38,590 | 21 |
| Bannockburn | 2.4 km southeast of it | 6,587 | 14 |
| Bridge of Allan | 2.7 km north of it | 4,744 | 18 |
| Fallin | 3.5 km east of it | 2,769 | 15 |
Also within reach
Our list has 32 more within 15 km, among them 4 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory.
CastleDoune Castle10 km away4
CathedralDunblane Cathedral8.2 km away5
MuseumSmith Art Gallery & Museum700 m away6
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandAlloa Tower9.2 km away7
Castle · National Trust for ScotlandMenstrie Castle6.3 km away8
MuseumArgyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum1.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
The Bastion & Thieves Pot, answered
Where is The Bastion & Thieves Pot?
The Bastion & Thieves Pot is in Stirling, Stirling, inside the town’s locality.
What is The Bastion & Thieves Pot?
Museum: history.
When is the best time to visit The Bastion & Thieves Pot?
June to September are the warmest months in Stirling, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Bastion & Thieves Pot?
Within 15 km: Stirling Castle (1.1 km), Cambuskenneth Abbey (1.3 km), Doune Castle (10 km) and Dunblane Cathedral (8.2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the NRS 2022 locality (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Doune Castle: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dunblane Cathedral: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Smith Art Gallery & Museum: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alloa Tower: AllyD at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Menstrie Castle: John Lee, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental HQ & Museum: Janfrie1988, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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